01 Dec 1892
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Newspaper
Olympia Tribune
Location
Olympia, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1892
Page
1
The notice touts broad selection and appealing prices to attract all customers. It highlights value and urges readers to visit, promising irresistible bargains across various goods. The tone emphasizes usefulness and affordability to boost sales.
A city store promotes a large stock of dolls and artificial babies, cups and saucers, albums and other gifts. It urges customers to visit, examine the stock, and expect close prices as a money saving opportunity for holiday shopping.
The December 1 report by Pension Commissioner Raum details June 30 rolls totaling 8 76069 pensioners an increase of 199 908. Added were 222 987 new pensioners with 2477 restored and 25 346 dropped. Yearly pension outlay reached 139 035 612 dollars with a 144 956 000 dollar appropriation for the current fiscal year and a projected 165 000 000 for next year.
Town Topics notes Henry Villard is anxious to face court while many stockholders think he should have been presented long ago and reside in state apartments with formal trimmings. The piece jokes about possible executive recognition by Grover Cleveland and whether Villard should hold a representative position.
Chris T. Roscoe of Snohomish arrives in the city as the youngest representative-elect at 25 with a solid record. Levi G. Shelton, Democrat, rep-elect for Mason County, traces origins in Missouri 1847, comes via Scott's Prairie later to Olympia and Shelton. Lt Governor Laughton has secured rooms for the next session.
The Unitarian Society has funded entertainments and educational events over two years in Olympia. Notable programs included James G. Clarke ballets, Donald Downie lectures, Alice Cary recitations, New York Symphony Club performances, and Thomas Van Ness talks. The Fiske and Schwatka lectures drew strong crowds, while financial results varied. The editor notes the movement to establish a popular lecture course continues.
A Fairhaven Herald editorial argues judges should bar with minimal English literacy from naturalization. It cites Judge Robinson of Olympia as an example and warns that lax naturalization weakens the right to vote, urging steadfast restrictions to safeguard suffrage.
Editor Frank J. Parker of the Walla Walla Statesman is in the city. Mrs Bostwick and Mrs Corey, sisters from Seattle, are visiting Dr Corey's family. James H. Price, Tacoma secretary of state elect, is in town. Mrs Elder returns from Tacoma and will stay a few days at her old home on Second and Puget streets.
The Chicano Clothing & Shoe Co presents its strongest line of men’s wool shirts and underwear in the city with manager C Brown highlighting the display.
Visitors from Olympia and across the United States attended Shookum Chuck Lodge No. 129 I O F installation in Bucoda. Fifty two initiates completed first through third degrees after an eight to four o clock spanning period with Prof. W H Roberts on organ. Officers included O O White and H L Mead. Attendees from Olympia, Centralia, Ridgley Chehalis and California were noted along with many local figures. A separate note mentions Ella Knowles winning the Montana attorney general race by a wide margin.
Prospect seeks three 2 cent stamps to cover postage for a 100 page medical book with colored plates offered by A. P. Ordway & Co Hostess sem. The ad promises a cure and urges payment via postage stamps.
The Women's Relief Corps holds its annual officer elections Friday afternoon. Full attendance is urged due to the importance of the meeting and the leadership vote.
Local notices promote rooms for light housekeeping and cheap chimneys in Olympia. Advertisers include Hartman & Co and Mrs J Cline offering gowns and dressmaking. The Fair features dolls and furniture sales, plus a major sale by Arthur Ellis at Fourth and Adams. Businesses advertise groceries, pianos, organs, sewing, and dining at Argo.
Cure claims include nervous prostration drunkenness fits opium habit virus dance hysteria headache hot flashes nervous arcs and confusion. Free trial bottles and books offered at Acme drug store Marr Ross proprietors or by mail 10 cents from Dr Miles Medical Co Elkhart Indiana.
A series of local cures cited for Electric Bitters and Bucklen s Amia Salve. H Clifford of New Castle Wisconsin relieved neuralgia rheumatism and stomach and liver distress after three bottles. Edward Shepherd of Harrisburg Illinois healed a chronic leg sore after three bottles of Bitters and seven boxes of Amica Salve. John Speaker of Catawba Ohio recovered from five fever sores with one Bitters and one Amica Salve. Sold by Acme drug store Marr & proprietors.
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